Custer County Republicans .M. AMHIIKIIKY , Killtornml I'ubllnlmt How , NKUIUSKA s Mr. Carnegie ran now devote h's ' 3 Mrhnta time to unloading his accursed ( rvalth. What a great hit Mrs. Nation could tn&ko starting revolutions In South America. "Do not fall In love , " etc. , saya Mr. Carnegie. As If the ono who falls In fcovo could help Itl The fact that a Cincinnati audience rose and walked out of the house while * performance of "Hamlet" woa In progress IB not extraordinary. Such things have happened before , even when the house was not afire. ft' ' fe' * Edward of England wants to be Willed both cnipcior und king. Lie has drawn a full hand of titles , although tie waited a lung tlmn for the lucky cords. Now he desires to bo addressed M "Your Imperial majesty. " llow would "Your royal flush" do an a sub stitute ? Iteplylng to critics who had called Ihem "unpatriotic" because they order ed railway rolling-stock from the Unit ed States Instead of Great Britain , cer- bdn South...

In the United States and Canada there are OGt > ,094 Odd Fellows and 037,304 Freemasons. 1 Many a woman has succeeded in making a fool of a man and some few women In making a man of a fool , A Boston letter carrier Philip Mar- phlngton has been thus employed since September , 183 $ . During the forty- two years of his service ho has walked Ter 76,000 miles. A careless waiter , while opening a bottle of cider In a Paris restaurant , BO held the bottle that the cork struck Mile. Andico in the eye , causing the loss of sight In that organ. She sued , and the restaurant proprietor was flned five thousand francs. Women In Austria tire never put in orison. A female criminal , no matter DOW terrible her record , instead of be ing sent to Jail , is conveyed to one of the convents devoted to that purpose , And there she is kept until the expira tion of the term for which she is sen tenced. Nothing is without use in the world. No use has been ascribed to the ver miform appendix : still it ...

' 1'- i i ilv THE TEXAS CRUISER -DY- T. mmi/TNr.AMK NORS , CHAI'TIOK XI V.Continued. ( . ) "Antonio St. Mnrc , " Hnld Tuilcl , nt this Juncture , "since tlieso people fnll ns , per- SiHpn you might loll what you know about it. " This was spoken In n half-threatening fc ne , and before St. Mure answered , In- directed the servants to withdraw. As ooon ns they were Kone he turned to Tir 4ol and In a low , decided tone he snldt "Scnor , you seem to hint that I have Bind Boino hand In KCttlnj , ' Ire no away from here. " "Upon my soul , you hit the mark moKt wondrous well , " returned the pirate , dc- eidlngly. "I Hhould think I ml { ht hit that part of Bt , nlnce you have given me M > good dl- 0-rc lions which way to look. But let this at once he settled. I know notlilnc of 41t jflrl's whereabout * , and n true its Sharon , I am n much miriirlsetl to find Ittr gone as you can bp. " , Tadel looked hln host In the face for porno moments , and the expression which trwtcd there plainly ...

Custer County Republican > . Jtl. AMSIlKltHV , Killtnr nnd 1'nbllnlior N JIOW , NKIIIUSK.V Multifarious ghost stories should not be taken to Indicate the spirit of the times. Edward VII. Is said to like his Job. But work hiird as he may , there I.H no chance for promotion. Mr. Carnegie will flnd several per ron * Just as ready to net-opt $1,000,000 * month as ho is to give It nwny. Morgan and Rockefeller are watchIng - Ing Tcsla's efforts to communicate with Mara closely. They wnnt that planet. A dead body kept In a perfect condi tion in Hungary fifty-six yenrs , but thia affords polltlml "dead ones" no hope. With the experienced Mrs. Nation's rork excites no wonder. Most mar- fled men have long known what one determined woman can do. Things hnve come to that pass with the slugger the country over , that In- ttcad of putting up his hands an usual he's throwing them up In disgust. A now ruler of Great Hrltaln always has one big nd vantage. It In not JUT- wanry for him to hide from...

i . . WAR NOT AT AN END- IBrltUh Informed 'Unit UOUM Will to I Inlsli. LONDON , April 8. Lord Kitchener has informed tlic war olllce that eigh teen volunteer companies , freed by rc- HcfR , arc coming home and that ar rangements are In progress for the Rp'cdy ' relief of further companies. He thus appears to ho endeavoring lo uicot the demand that fresh troops he tent to the front to replace the state men. men.The The Victoria correspondent of the Momlng I'ost , who warns Ills country * men against hoping for tin early tor- uilnatlon of huitllitlcs , or believing the stories that the Boers rtre tired of nar says : "It UecoiiK-s daily more evident that the Boers Intend to light to a finish. Many are Mirrendering , hut they are men of no standing. The real light ing men are still on commando : and ilthough the recently successful Brit ish operations tend to bring the end Bearer , it is evident that the Boers must ho completely crushed before a general surrender is probable. " It is re...

* . * ftHM-- * , , * > . . , . ( Suffer I'lihllfhcil oTTy Thnrmlny nt the County 8o t. IK M. AMSHKUir " . Editor C S. OSItOKNK , . Local UNlor AND MANAGER JOII PRINTINQ DKPAnTMINT. fluO < llcii Mi Cnrtor IIlock , Fourth Are.-fcr Butvrvilnt Hie postolllro nt Ilrokon How , Nub. , in pocxiniUcUi-'H matter for tranmilpfllon tliruii 1' tLo U.S. Malls. HUHSCHIITION 1'KIUK : One Vc r , In advance fl.tti THURSDAY , APRIL 11 , 1U01. It is reported that Annelmo's vote on license was 30 to 0 , in favor of the open saloon. It would indi cate thnt there is no probability of tbo town going dry soon. Since Aguinaldo has been cap tured and tnkon the oath of alleg- iauoo to the United States , it will bo in order for Pettigrow and a few of his devoted followers in the United States to follow suit. The promotion of Fred Funston , to a brigadier general , as a rucogni- lion of his ability and courage as a soldier and commander , was the correct thing to uo , and will moot the general approval of...

THO EXAS I CRUISER -DY- T. IITTKMNCAMK KOBB I l 4 a K @ CIUl'TIM XV.-Contlnuod. ( ) "Here , " murmured St. Mure , plnclug feh band upuu his ri ht lironst. "It Htruck Bir here. " Tlir young priest tore open the donlilet , iiid RH lie did so a sviilcd packet full out. Ills eye caught the superscription , ntid picking It up ho placed it In hU own osom. hi a nioiuenl more Sun Hcnito came up. Jllok Twirl had also been laid npon the pniss , and the elder prieot had e n called to his side. "Are you fatally wounded , my son ? " holy man axlicd , nt the same time Ink- Ep p Die pirate's hand. Tudel opened his eyes and Riized Into face of the man who knelt'by Ills de , lie was upon the point of speak- i ; , but suddenly a strange light shot Across his pnllld features. With a ripus- fciodic mo\cinent he caught the priest by Die neck , and started up to a bitting pos ture. "Hal" he gasped. "By the nnlnts , thou dog , I know thcel III ! Hero Clarence Howard 1 the Yankee cap- In ! Seize him I" In ...

TT" IUJ I U-J TAKEN FOR GRANTED. would lie uimislnx If It were not pathetic to note with how little skill wo conform to the peculiarities of the members of our family. Why cannot - not we learn to take their idlosyncru- dca for granted ? Given certnlu people and certain conditions , we know jus > t what to expect. It works out In al most every case as accurately as a problem In algebra , and yet we never fall to feel surprised and exasperated when the course of our friends Is not what we should miip out for them. People ple live together twenty , thirty , forty years , and yet do not learn to take each other for granted. The Indolence or wasted energy ; the lavlshness or parsimony of our companions , produce In uthe same sensations with the same degree of Intensity as If It were nil a new story , and In too nuiny cases calls forth the same Indignant and use less remonstrances. It Is not always as Important as we think that people should direct their lives and affairs along the li...

F. T , IlnrkH I'ftSJC.t ' "ThiH community WIIH pained to learn Thurfiday morning of the sudden doruisu of one of Ansley's most highly osteomcd oiti/.unH , Mr. F. P. Barks. Last week ho was taken * ill , which confined him to his homo for several days. ' Friday and Saturday ho nns able to bo in his accustomed place in E. 11. Hurrows store. Monday he took n relapse and Hank rapidly until the final HtimmoiiH oitne , being Thurfl- day morning at 7 o'clock , The cause of death was inllamstion of the liver. " Aneloy Chronicle The KKI-UUUOAN joins with the friends of the doceacod in express ing sorrow over the death of F. 1 * . iJarks. Wo had personally known him fiinso 1873 , HOOII after ho locat ed in Grand Island , when ho wan ynt a young man. Ho was then engaged in the muldlury biuineBH exlensivoly , and had several handn employed making harness , lie wan a young man of cxemplimary hah- UH , energetic and strictly hoti9sl. Ho wai a native of Pennsylvania , having been born there in 185...

Custcr County Republican I ) , nt. AMHllKitltV , IMItormi.l IMihtlnhnt DltOKKN HOW , NKIIICANKA Andrew Carnegie advises exery fouiig man to piny jrolf but lie doesn't luenn In business * hours. Somebody lias culled lOdwIu Murk- bnui tlio Alfred Austin of America. This will probably make botb gentle- tncn flghUnK mad. Young Mr. Rockefeller tell * other DUIIR men bow to gel rich. Hut his fcclpo omits tbc most Important IK'in , to-wlt : Choose n very rich father. A dispatch from linn .llbntll Hays the .Kliig . of Gojnm bnH lieou poisoned. We tefusc , however , to let thin dlHiiBreo- able Incident Interfere with business. \Vben river nnd harbor bills arc un- Bcr conaldcrutlon In Congress , a fnvor- He way ofmigKcsUuK that a Htream IH too sbullow to be worth spending money upon IB to nflk II' paving would not be the best means of Improving It. As n wise judge Solomon had no peer In bin time , but If be were alive to-day be would have to look ( o hl.s laurels. A New York maglHtralo IIUH c...

CUP OF JOY IS FULL. Pranoa Welcome * Iltiturn of Fleet. PAIUB , April 10 The unexpected return of the Russian squadron dwarfed all other events In the pro gram at Nice yesterday. JLMie news Is on the lips of everyone here and joy Is expressed by lx > th the public and the press. The Intensity of tills gratifica tion shows that great numbers of Frenchmen had treated with skeptic- Isrn the Idea that the wlthdrawel of the squadron was simply duo to a de sire not to be politically Identified tvith the Franco-Italian demonstra tion. tion.A A section of the nationalist press has carefully fostered this Impression , pursuing a policy of seizing upun every possible opportunity to embarrass the government. These organs had assert ed that the departure of the Russians implied dissatisfaction on the part of the czar wltn the Fiance-Italian ap- proachrocnt and heralded the breakup of the Franco-Russian alliance. BroodIng - Ing feeling of uncertainty was thus created , which broke like a spel...

0u0lcr ( So * JJtjwblicau Published oTf > ry Thursday At the Comity Boat. ' trO-C'llce in Cnflcr Itlock. Fourth Ae.i6 ' Kntirrdat HIP I'oetoincont HroUn How , Neb. , an tveoiiiUclft * * lanllor Cor tntuniiilrVlou through the U. 8. Malls. _ BUHHOKirriON WICK ! One Your , In ft'lvmico | 1 00 THURSDAY , APRIL 18 , 1001. Next Tuesday is Arbor day. Gov. Dietrich is out west on a pleasure trip in the mountains He will accompany { Senator Millard to Washington on his return. Gov. Diuirich , it is reported , will resign his ofiico of governor about the first of May , when Lieut. Gov. Savage will assume the position. Nebraska is not Suffering for lack of moisture this spring. The only dilliuulty is the lack of oppor tunity to get the seed in the ground. Everybody who can Hhculd plant at least one Irco on Arbor day and BOO that it is properly protected and oared for until it can take care of itself. From present indications this will bo another season for farmurs to raise 30 to 40 bushels ...